Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2004-06-17
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Companion paper for talk at Second Seeheim Conference on Magnetism, June 27- July 1, 2004; 8 pages included 7 figures
Scientific paper
Nanoscale superlattices with uniaxial ferromagnetic layers antiferromagnetically coupled through non-magnetic spacers are recently used as components of magnetoresistive and recording devices. In the last years intensive experimental investigations of these artificial antiferromagnets have revealed a large variety of surface induced reorientational effects and other remarkable phenomena unknown in other magnetic materials. In this paper we review and generalize theoretical results, which enable a consistent description of the complex magnetization processes in antiferromagnetic multilayers, and we explain the responsible physical mechanism. The general structure of phase diagrams for magnetic states in these systems is discussed. In particular, our results resolve the long standing problem of a ``surface spin-flop'' in antiferromagnetic layers. This explains the different appearance of field-driven reorientation transitions in systems like Fe/Cr (001) and (211) superlattices, and in [CoPt]/Ru multilayers with strong perpendicular anisotropy.
Bogdanov Alexei N.
Roessler Ulrich K.
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